Somtochukwu, Silenced, One Death Too Many: When a Nation Fails to Value Human Life, By George Ozalla

My heart bleeds, my eyes are swollen, my voice is cracked, my head aches. I am totally dumbfounded getting the sad news of Somtochukwu’s tragic demise! But let’s get this fact embedded in our collective mindset that any nation that does not value human life cannot make much progress. The tragic death of Somtochukwu Christelle “Sommie” Maduagwu in Abuja yesterday, 29th September 2025, is a stark indictment of this truth. So sad, and indeed heartbreaking, that she had to go this way. And more tragic still that this is not…